Three-dimensional immersive system for representing an automation control environment

Abstract

A computer-implemented system for representing a production environment comprises a modeling module that creates a three-dimensional model of at least a portion of a production environment. The system also includes a view module that renders a graphical depiction of at least a portion of the three-dimensional model from a reference point that is based at least in part upon a location. Methods of using the system are also provided.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A method, comprising:
 receiving, by a system including at least one processor, reference point data including a reference point related to a location in an industrial automation environment; 
 rendering, by the system, a representation of an object within a field of view of the industrial automation environment, wherein the field of view is determined based on the reference point and context information related to a role of a user in the industrial automation environment; and 
 displaying, by the system, at least one of data and metadata associated with the object as a textual representation with the representation of the field of view. 
 
     
     
       2. The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 rendering, by the system, a representation of a second object within the field of view; and 
 displaying, by the system, at least one of second data and second metadata associated with the second object as a textual representation with the representation of the field of view. 
 
     
     
       3. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the rendering further comprises rendering a cell of a model of the industrial automation environment based on the reference point. 
     
     
       4. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one of data and metadata is associated with an operating condition of the object. 
     
     
       5. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the object is a machine. 
     
     
       6. A device, comprising:
 a memory that stores computer-executable components; and 
 a processor, communicatively coupled to the memory, that facilitates execution of the computer-executable components to at least: 
 receive data including a reference point relative to a location in an industrial automation environment; 
 calculate a field of view based on the reference point; 
 render a representation of the field of view of the industrial automation system; and 
 display at least one of data and metadata associated with the representation as a textual description with the representation. 
 
     
     
       7. The device of  claim 6 , wherein the device is a mobile device. 
     
     
       8. The device of  claim 7 , wherein the location is a physical location of the mobile device. 
     
     
       9. The device of  claim 6 , further comprising an interface configured to display the representation. 
     
     
       10. The device of  claim 6 , wherein the representation comprises a graphical representation of a first machine and the at least one of data and metadata is displayed as a textual description of the first machine. 
     
     
       11. The device of  claim 10 , wherein the representation comprises a graphical representation of a second machine and the at least one of data and metadata is displayed as a textual description of the second machine. 
     
     
       12. The device of  claim 6 , wherein the at least one of data and metadata is related to the location. 
     
     
       13. The device of  claim 6 , wherein the location is a logical location. 
     
     
       14. The device of  claim 6 , wherein the processor further facilitates the execution to render the representation of the field of view based on a context related to a user. 
     
     
       15. The device of  claim 14 , wherein the context is based on a role of the user within the industrial automation environment. 
     
     
       16. The device of  claim 14 , wherein the context is based on a current time. 
     
     
       17. The device of  claim 14 , wherein the context is based on a role of the user within the industrial automation environment and a time. 
     
     
       18. The device of  claim 6 , wherein the field of view is rendered based on a first cell of a model of the industrial automation environment. 
     
     
       19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause a processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
 receiving a reference point related to a location in an industrial automation environment; 
 determining a field of view of the industrial automation environment based on the location: 
 rendering a graphical representation of the field of view filtered based on context information related to a user; and 
 displaying at least one of data and metadata associated with the field of view as text associated with the graphical representation of the field of view. 
 
     
     
       20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of  claim 19 , wherein the graphical representation comprises a graphical representation of a machine and the at least one of data and metadata is related to the machine.